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UNITED STATES PATENT Enron.

SUMTER B. BATTEY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND JOSEPH XY. HARTLEY, OF SAME PLACE.

SWITCH IVIECHANISM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 529,515, dated November 20, 1894.

Application filed January 9,1893. Renewed J' anuary 27. 1894. Serial No. 498.261. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern.-

Be it known that I, SUMTER B. BATTEY, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Switch Mechanism, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved switch mechanism, which is simple and durable in construction, very effective in operation, and more especially designed for use on street railroads, to enable the operator in charge of the car to set the switch according to the direction in which the car is to travel.

The vinvention consists of a switch bar mounted to slide transversely and connected with the switch rail, blocks held on the said bar, and spring-supported rods fitted to slide on the car platform and adapted to engage the said blocks to shift the bar laterally.

The invention also consists of certain parts and details, and combinations of the same, as will be hereinafter described and then pointed ont in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvement as applied, parts of the oar being shown in section; and Fig.2 is a perspective view of the rail shifting mechanism.

The pivoted switch rail A is arranged to open and close the main track B to the side track O, in the usual manner. The free end of the pivoted switch rail A is pivotally connected with a switch bar D, mounted to slide transversely in suitable bearings E, formed ina plate F, arranged in a depression between the track rails, and having its ends F and F2 bent upward to the level of the street, as plainly shown in the drawings.

Extensions F3, F4 and F5, F6, lead from the ends of the plate F a short distance along the track, parallel to the rails, the top surfaces of the said extensions being flush with the pavement between the rails.

On the top of the switch bar D are secured the lugs D and D2 preferably rounded off at their opposite sides, as plainly shown in the drawings, the said rounded off sides being adapted to be engaged by rods G and G respectively, mounted to slide vertically in suitable bearings arranged in brackets H secured to the under side of the platform Iof the car. The rods G and G extend to the top of the platform I and are provided on their upper ends with suitable foot pieces G2 adapted to be pressed on by the foot of the operator in charge of the car. The rods G and G are held in an uppermost position by means of springs J and Jrespectively, resting with their lower ends 011 brackets G3 and G4 respectively, through which loosely pass the said rods G and G respectively, near the lower ends thereof. The upper ends of the springs J and J press against the under side of collars G5 and GG adapted to abut against the under side ofthe platform I.

The blocks G3 and G4 rest on the upper side of transversely extending curved plates H2 and H3 extending from the brackets H and H respectively, each of the said plates being slotted transversely for the passage of the lower end of the respective rod G or G. Springs K are connected with the outer ends of each plate Hzor Hand extend transversely to connect at their inner ends with opposite sides of the blocks G3 and G4 respectively, so that the rods G and G are held normally in a vertical position by the action of the said springs, which latter, however, permit the rods to yield transversely in case of the lower ends of the rods meeting an obstruction in the road-bed, or when the rods first engage the blocks D and D2, as hereinafter more fully described. The rods G and G are held in an uppermost position by the springs J and J respectively, so that the extreme lower ends of the said rods are a suitable distance,

above the ground, to prevent the rods from coming in contact with obstructions in the track. The blocks D and D2 are adapted to be seated in suitable housings F7 and FS, respectively, formed on the plate F at the sides thereof and at its lowermost part, as plainly shown in the drawings.

On the top of the plate F, between the housings, is arranged a central tongue F9, preferably almond shaped, corresponding to the oppositely arranged inner faces of the housings F7 and F8 and the like sides of the blocks D ward `by the operator as above mention ed and for the purpose hereinafter more fully de scribed. l

The operation is as follows: When the car is approaching a switch, as shown in Figfl, and the switch rail A is closed and it is desired that a ear should go from the main track B onto the side track .0, then the operator in charge of the car and standing on vthe platform I, presses the rod G so 'that the lower end of the said ,rod first comes in contact with the extension F4 andnnauy slides' comit-he inclinan .ezio F' of in@ einen; in passiiiifonfrn the wide yentrance between thetongne F9 and the housingl?8 'into contact with the block VD? toshift the latter transversely in the'direcnon-,of ,inn @non ",nyiiiis movement.' in@ bar D v is moved in the same v,direct-ion, whereby sliwinging'motion is given to fthe nniifoh'inil A `n'lnioh ihnonwinsooron, ihrony @meningite 'main nach n with ,ihn iside traclC."""-It willvb'e seen that by the movement ,ofthe switch bar D in the'direction, as described,l the block D2 "is mov'edinto the housingr F8, L whilefat the saine time, the other bioion'iiinnvennui of iii iinusingni iiiioiine Spano looinoon tno housing 'F7 and .ino .ionfrno Fgf This block D isy now' in the pathof th'rod G of the next followingcar, while the other b1 `1ol .D2iS.ont off 'the path of `inn'ooinlisnon(.1- inlrod G! Now'in ons@ tno .nono .'onifooniing along thetrack is to remain on the inain trank; hon ihoonointoi' in charge of that oar, rinos'onthn rod G; onanrioaohing 'tho owin'on, sotlhat the lower end 'ofi the said rod moves in contract with .fthe block D and shifts the latter inltho .intorno direction of'nho ,arrow o', 'so no toolono nno ,Switch foil A, nn Shown in Fis- 1- By .thispor'nton tho .blook DA again moron into its hoiising F7, `vt'hile'the vother vblock `D2 movogs onnoflitn4 `nonnina into .thro optionnetween the housing FB and the tongne Fito be inthe path ofthe rod G nthe `ilextfollowing car." It will be seen that as soon as the operator releases the pressure on the respective rod Gor G', after passing the switch, the said rod returns to its normal position by the action of the corresponding'springs .l yand J It will further beseen that by this arrangement, the operator standing on the platform I can shift the switch rail A at will, so as to open or close the main track B to the side track C, according to the direction in which the car is to travel.

I do not claim the car mechanism specifically, A as this will be made the subject-matter ,of a separate application.

Having thus fullydescrileed tn vinvention, I olininnn non and no'siroio Sonoro by Lotions Patent-f f "111m a switch mechanism the combination wiihniiink pinieiiniiiigiisenns inninediipward vandV formed withextensions atreach end, of a switch bar pivotally 'connected 'with the switch rail, rounded olii blocks held on the saidl bar," .andr spring-pressed rodsl itted to slide on the lplatform "of ythe car vaiidfeach adapted `to jeirgasge one'of thpesaid blocks to shift it transversely'withthesaid b arfand to open or close the switch rail; Asiihst'antiallyas shown anddescribed.

2. A switch mechanism provided with a iraokrlnto navi ng its onds bont-'np ,Word 15' ,and formed 'with eirtensions, and lhousings formed onino sind trank pinto nonrthonidonnonolof, snbstantiallytas'shwn and described.

3. A" switch" mechanism vvpro'videdl with a trackplate havin'gitsends bent y11,p wtrdly,and formed with extensions, honsingfsformed 'on the said tracklplatey near the sides thereof, and a pointed tongue arranged on the said track plate between the said honsingsjsiib- Stnniinlly no'nhonn and .dosofioods. BATTEY.

Witnesses:

' E. MQCLARK, EDGAR TATE. 

